Compartment receptacle



1.1. AND H. WI. PORTER.

y COMPARTMENT REQEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.23. Isls. nzNEwED DEC. II, 1919.

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JOHN J. PORTER AND HAROLD PORTER, OF HAGERSTOWN, MARYLANI), ASSIGNORS TO THE PORTER CHEMICAL COMPANY, A GOREORATON 0F MARYLAND;

COliIPAR/TIMIENT RECEPTACLE.

Application filed November 23, 1916, Serial No. 133,026. Renewed December 1l, 1919. Serial No. i.

T 0 all whom t may concern.

Be it known that we, JOHN J. PORTER and HAROLD M. PORTER, citizens of the United States, and residents of Hagerstown, county of Washington, and State of ll/ilaryland, have jointly invented new and useful lmprovements in Compartment Receptacles, of which the :following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an amusement and educational apparatus and has as its object to provide an apparatus which is especially adapted for children, which will provide a form of amusement and at the same time enlighten them on the subject of chemistry.

While this apparatus may be used by children or young students, it may also be used to a good advantage by adults for the purpose of amusement.

This invention may also be used to a good advantage by entertainers or performers in giving exhibitions in magic.

The invention contemplates the provision of a receptacle containing a number of chemical implements such as a gas delivery tube, test tubes, stirring rods, a heating device and a measuring device, and a series of chemical compounds and elements, and a pamphlet or instruction book explaining the manner of performing the different experiments.

Another object of our invention is to provide an apparatus of the above mentioned character which is inexpensive to manufacture, which consists of -few parts and which may be placed on the market at a comparatively low cost.

The above and other objects and advantages of our apparatus will fully appear from the following description, taken in connection with the drawings and be ei;- plicitly defined in the appended claims.

0n the drawings,

Figure l shows a top plan view of our apparatus, and

Figure 2 shows a transverse sectional view of the same.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in all the devices.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the numeral 5 designates a receptacle or casing which is divided into a plurality of compartments. Arranged in the receptacle 5 and extending longitudinally level above the receptacle-bottom to within easy grasp of the user, but also to subdivide the receiving space wherein it is placed into two additional compartments for receiving articles of a greater height than those placed on the panel.

The numeral 7 designates the experimental implements such as strring rods, test tubes, etc., held against slipping or displacement by being interlaced with the transverse bands 77 as shown in Fig. l. Mounted on the board 6 and extending transversely thereof is a vial containing compartment 8, each of which contains a chemical preparation or element. This compartment 8 is provided with a removable cover 9 which is cut out so that the vials will be visible. The compartment 8 and the retaining bands 77constitute retaining means for hold'ng the vials, test tubes, etc. placed on the panel 6 in position and against displacement, when not in use. As shown, this compartment 8 is separated on all sides from the upright walls of the receiving space, and from the bottom bythe ianged panel 6. Thereby the vials or other frangible articles placed therein are shielded against shocks from the sides and bottom, and thus preserved from breakage.

Arranged in the compartments a and b is a plurality of cylindrical receptacles l0 which also contain chemicals. The compartment c contains a plurality of bottles or receptacles which contain still another class of chemicals or chemical compounds. Each of these different receptacles has a number or other reference character marked thereon. The student being unfamiliar with the names of the different chemical compounds and elements, he simply refers to them by the characters on the different receptacles which correspond with the numbers given in the ditl'erent experiments contained in the instruction paper or pamphlet that forms part of the apparatus.

F rom the foregoing description, taken in connection with the' accompanying drawings, the advantages and the method of using the apparatus will be readily understood.

What is claimed is l. A compartment receptacle for chemical outfits formed with a receiving space, in combination with a panel for supporting frangible articles or implements, and means for holding said articles or implements immovable thereon, said panel being provided with depending lianges for raising the panel `above the bottom of the receptacle, and of a Width less than the vvidth in the clear of the receiving space, whereby a compartment or compartments for other articles ot a height greater than that of the articles mounted on the panel are formed between the flange and the Wall of the receiving` space.

2. A. compartment receptacle orchemical outfits formed With a receiving space, in combination With an interior compartment for vials or other frangible articles, means supporting said compartments in a position elevated above the bottom ol' said receptacle and Spacing said compartment from the upright Walls ot said receptacle, said supporting and spacing means providing unobstructed receiving spaces between said interior compartment and the Walls of said receptacle for articles or implements for said chemical outfit.

31A compartment receptacle, in combination with an interior compartment ttor vials or other rangible articles, said compartment being arranged at a position elevated above the bottom of the receptacle and sepa` rated on all sides from the upright Walls oit said receptacle by an intervening unobstructed space.

e. A compartment receptacle tor chemical outfits formed With a receiving space, in combination With a panel for supporting articles or implements, said panel being provided ivith depending flanges for raising the panel above the bottom of the receptacle and of a Width less than that of the receiving space, said flanges being removed from the opposite side Walls of the receptacle and forming compartments for the reception of articles of greater height than those to be placed on the raised panel, and a compartment tor vials or other 'frangible articles mounted on said panel and separated on all sides from the upright Walls of the receptacle by an intervening space.

. A compartment receptacle of the character described adapted to receive chemical laboratory apparatus comprising an elon. gated receptacle having a vertically disposed partition arranged Within the receptacle longitudinally with a side of the receptacle to form an elongated compartment, a raised board arranged intermediate said partition and a side of said receptacle, depending flanges carried by said board at opposite sides thereof, the depending flanges or' said board serving as a means for maintaining a spaced relation of the board with respect to the bottom of the receptacle, one of said lianges forming with a side of the receptacle an elongated compartment, the other of said flanges forming With said partition an elongated compartment adjacent to the irst named compartment, and means superimposed upon said raised board for retaining a certain chemical laboratory apparatus in` a substantially parallel relation to the lirst and second named compartments.

6. A compartment receptacle for chemical outts formed with a receiving space, in combination With a panel for supporting articles or implements and serving as a Working table, said panel extending the entire length of the receiving space and of a width less than the Width in the clear of the receivingspace, and provided with depending lateral flanges for raising said panel above the receptacle-bottom, said flanges forming, with the side Walls of the receiving space, a longitudinal compartment or compartments for articles of a greater height than those placed on the raised panel, and a compartment for vials or other frangible articles mounted on said panel and separated on all sides from the upright Walls of the receptacle by an intervening space.

7. A compartment receptacle for chemical outlits formed with a receiving space, in combination ivith'a panel 'for supporting articles or implements and serving as a Working table, said panel extending thev entire length ol the receiving space and less in Width than the Width of the receiving space in the clear and provided with depending lateral flanges 'for raising said panel above the receptacle bottom, said tlanges forming, with the side Walls of the receiving space, a longitudinal compartment or compart` ments for articles ol" a greater height than those placed on the raised panel, and means mounted on said panel, for retaining the articles placed thereon in position and against displacement.

In testimony whereof We have alliXed our signatures this 29nd day of Nov., 1916.

JOHN J. PORTER. HAROLD M. PORTER. 

